Search.couponsimplified.com Removal Guide

Search.couponsimplified.com may look like a search engine, but it is a browser hijacker, in fact. It is distributed via bundled software installers that were configured to install it secretly. Therefore, due to the fact that it can replace your browser’s homepage without your knowledge or consent, we recommend that you remove Search.couponsimplified.com from your computer as soon as the opportunity arises. Nevertheless, there are more things that are wrong with it. For example, its search results are prone to displaying shady promotional links, and it can gather anonymous information about you to personalize the ads you see. To find out more about it, you can read this whole article.

Search.couponsimplified.com is nearly identical to Search.yourmapscenter.com, Search.youremailnow.com, and Search.yourclassifieds. In fact, all of them look the same, which indicates that they all came from the same developer. Like its clones, this new browser hijacker was digitally signed by Polarity Technologies Ltd., a company that is claimed to be based in Limassol, Cyprus. However, there is no information that this company actually exists.

This secretive company distributes its browser hijackers via malicious software bundles. Their installers were configured to hide the presence of Search.couponsimplified.com installs it secretly. The bundled installers typically have one primary application that acts as the bait. This program is usually legitimate. However, the bundled installer can feature additional software such as potentially unwanted programs, adware, and browser hijackers. In some cases, you might be given the opportunity to deselect their installation, other times — not. However, it does not seem like you could deselect the installation of Search.couponsimplified.com which is why we have classified it as a browser hijacker.

This browser hijacker relies on the third-party installer to place it as your browser’s homepage, and we have every reason to believe that it can do that if you use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Search.couponsimplified.com is set to replace their homepage addresses in an effort to make use it as your regular search engine. Even though you can use it as a search engine, it must be said that it does not offer anything unique because it redirects all search queries to Yahoo. We are also concerned with the fact that this browser hijacker can modify the search results and include links to promoted websites. Polarity Technologies’ advertising partners are unknown and we think that some of the links that this hijacker shows in its search results can redirect you to shady and even malicious websites. Therefore, you should not use it to avoid visiting malicious websites that are presented as safe and legitimate.

Also, Polarity Technologies use this browser hijacker to collect anonymous information about you. We have found that it can obtain information such as your IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP) domain name, approximate geographical location, browsing history, entered search queries, and so on. All of this information is of non-personal nature but is useful for personalizing the ad campaign that generates more revenue.

In closing, Search.couponsimplified.com is a malicious search engine that we have classified as a browser hijacker because of the method used to distribute it. Nevertheless, our research also concluded that it could collect information about you and use it to show you custom ads of unverified legitimacy. Therefore, you might want to remove this hijacker from your browser as soon as possible.

How you can remove this browser hijacker

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+T keys.
3. In the dropdown menu, select Internet Options.
4. Enter a new address in the homepage box.
5. Click OK.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+T keys.
3. In the dropdown menu, click Options and select General.
4. In the Home page line, type a new homepage address.
5. Exit the Options menu.

Google Chrome

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+F keys.
3. Select Settings.
4. Click Set pages and enter a new URL.
5. Click OK.